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A BBC investigation suggests the government's controversial changes to housing benefit have failed to achieve one of the main aims of the policy.<p>Ministers claimed that cutting the spare room subsidy, described by critics as the "bedroom tax", would free up under-occupied homes and reduce …

Britain's welfare spending is actually about average, while claims that it is wasteful should be seriously challenged<p>With Labour voting for the government's bill to cap welfare spending, the debate on the welfare state has taken a decisively wrong turn. The issue is not the cap itself, its level, …

For too long, students and staff at our universities have stood by while these public institutions have been turned into privately controlled factories churning out graduates without futures. Now the government's agenda is being called into question by protests on campuses across the country, but …

A new post-carbon era dawns as the old fossil fuel system dies. It's time to step up.<p>Last Friday, I posted an exclusive report about a new NASA-backed scientific research project at the US National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (Sesync) to model the risks of civilisational collapse, based on …

<b>Can Iain Duncan Smith claim to be a latter-day Cupid? Is the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) mending broken relationships? Are government policies actively helping separated parents find love again and move back together?</b><p>That appears to be the claim this week from a DWP press release …

1) “If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.”<p>Tony Benn was interviewed in Sicko, Michael Moore’s documentary film about the health industry in the US. Explaining the post-war creation of the welfare state, he said the popular mood of the 1945 election was: “If …

Do you love potatoes more than life itself? Are you a cook who just cannot get enough cabbage? No, thought not. Still, if you eat seasonally and avoid air-freighted fruit and veg, such worthy perennials may be all you have had to play with for the past few months. It's a problem that brothers Matt …

We no longer discuss whether Iain Duncan Smith's reforms will succeed or fail. We no longer need thinktanks and charities to produce reports on what might happen if you attempt to reform every strand of the social security system at once, without taking any advice at all from people who actually …

<b>Six mental health organisations in England are warning that NHS cuts are putting lives at risk.</b><p>It comes as figures reveal that early intervention schemes to help young mental health patients have been reduced over the past 12 months.<p>Mental health trusts are being asked to save almost 20% more from …

Few words trip so pleasingly off the tongue as <i>washoku</i>. It translates as "Japanese cuisine", and has recently been included on Unesco's Intangible Cultural Heritage list – a privilege formerly reserved for French cuisine. This should radically open up Japanese cooking and ingredients to food lovers …

<b>Editors' note:</b><i>This post is part of an ongoing series. For the other parts, check out the related stories.</i><p>If you've been following this series, you'll know that I explained the LAN and WAN ports on a home router in part 1. And now, I need to tell you how you can use this information to remotely …

The recipe<p>Trim a medium-sized beetroot, but don't peel it. Wash it thoroughly, then boil it in unsalted water for about 30 minutes until tender. Drain the beetroot, then slide off its skin with your thumbs. Dice the beetroot finely. Make a butter sauce. Melt 100g of butter in a small pan and set …